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[Wurger]

 

[rednev]

Hamilton standard october 1940

Shorpy Historical Picture Archive :: Prop Part Plater: 1940 high-resolution photo

Full-size version of vintage photo showing: October 1940. East Hartford, Connecticut. "New type of plating machine being used at the Hamilton Standard Propeller Corporation. It automatically dips the part into the proper solutions for the proper length of time." Acetate negative by Jack Delano.

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[Graeme]

(World War II - C.L. Sulzberger - American Heritage - 1966)

 

[ARTESH]

Operation Sealion 2.0 was a fail too

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Bitte entschuldigen Sie die Störung...

 

[Peter Gunn]

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(World War II - C.L. Sulzberger - American Heritage - 1966)

Yup, we had that series, I remember that picture well.

 

[syscom3]

B-17F warming up in the snow at Meeks Field Iceland in 1943.

 

[Torch]

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Lol my wife says that alot

 

[Snautzer01]

Messerschmitt attacks airliner

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[cammerjeff]

Great picture! What is the transport Aircraft type being attacked?

 

[Wurger]

Judging by the exhaust pipes, the engine nacelle and prop blade I would say it might be the Convair CV-340

 

[cammerjeff]

I think you may be correct, I thought it look familiar but I only worked on CV-580 & CV-600 Turbo prop conversions.

 

[Wurger]

I see. IMHO that's one of the Convair CV family 240/340/440. So the CV-240 is possible too.

 

[syscom3]

Deck crews aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable man lines to right an FM-2 Wildcat that had nosed completely over. Lake Michigan, United States, 1943-45.

 

[Barrett]

I hope this becomes a regular thread. Post a single picture of anything to do with WW2, including the years prior and just after.

Here's the first one. USS Cowpens rolls heavily during Typhoon Cobra, December 17th, 1944.

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A dramatic illustration of what was often routine operations. I've only been to sea in a couple of medium-type storms, but 20 degrees roll looks A LOT more than it really is!

 

[syscom3]

A B-17 on the production line at Vega Factory in Burbank, California.

 

[syscom3]

A newly completed B-32 Dominator rolls out of the Convair plant at Fort Worth Texas.

 

[GTX]

Ar 196 A-3 of the 2./Aufkl.Gr.125 taken at Crete, 1943.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Used that AR 196 picture way back when doing the GB 22 Seaplane/Floatplanes of WWII build.

 

[syscom3]

SALUTE! The ill-fated Torpedo Eight, led by F4F Wildcats, forms up prior to departure from USS Hornet (CV-8) on the morning of June 4th 1942. The last known photograph of the unit in battle formation.